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2 I. SONI.
etiam codicum nostrorum seculi noni scriptoribus. * Apud Cam-
bros quoque circumferuntur vetustae literarum formae, similes
* Cf. praefat. de cod. Sangallensi. Inventor scripturae in codice vetere
hibernico (0'Donovan , Grammat. lingu. hibern. Introduct. XXVIII , not.
e) dicitur Ogma , Elathani filius. Scriptura ogmica codicis Sg. est generis
maxime communis ejus , quod depingit 0'Don. (Introd. XLVII) et appella-
tum dicit Ocjliam eraobJi ( "virgulare", si scilicet jacentem a sinistra ad dex-
tram combinationem omnem in altum erexeris; c?-ao 6/;, arbor). Est autem
potius lineare hoc genus , cum ad lineam recte ductam utpote fundamentum
ab utraque parte, infra et sujn-a , lineolae item , in vario numero et directione
varia literas varias designantes, adhaereant , quas linearum catenulas dei Og-
mii catenulis forsan aliquis comparaverit. De deo Ogmio plura legimtur apud
Lucianum (ed. Dind. p. 598.599.), qui eum dicit in figura Herculis depictum,
attamen sermone tantum et persuasione fortem , senem , trahentem turbam
catenulis aureis et succineis e lingua sua ductis ad aures auditorum libenter
sequentium. En Luciani verba graviora ipsa : Tov'llQKy.X^u ot KtlTol'Oy-
/.11 ov ovo/udCovai </wj'/J tTj Iniyiooito, to ^t tldog tov dfov ttckvv aXkoy.oTov
yQiaforai. ytQWV iciT)v (ivtoTi; ii,- to ta/UTOV. . . xcd TrciVTa i^iilXXov, ?; 'HQCty.Xsa
iivcii c^iv tiy.ccaeiag. aXXa y.al toiovtos cov tytt ofxcog TrjV axtvrjv tov 'HQaxMovg.
;««* yciQ Tr]V ^icfStQav ivrJTiTai TrjV Tov XtovTog , y.al t6 QonaXov 'i/tt iv rj/
St^ia, xal Tov ycoQVTov naQrjQTTjTat, xal to to^ov ivTtTa/uivov fj aQiaTtQct nQo-
dtiy.wat. y.al oXog 'HQay.Xfjg iaTt 6 yciQ (^rj ytQCOv 'HQayXijg iy.tivog av-
dnconcov naiinoXv ti nXfj&og 'iXxti , ix tcov oiTCov cinavTag (Sfi^t/uivovg.
iyfaf.ia (^ittaiv 01 a f I Q al Xtn r a\ / qv a ov y.a\ rjXtxTQOv ttQyaa/uivai,
'oQfjoig ioixvtai ToTg xaXXiaToig .... (fai<iQol 'inoVTcci xal ytyTjdoTfg . .., ioixo-
Ttg cc/OtaOijaof.itvoig, tt XvOrjaoVTai .... ov yuQ t/iov o ^coyQCiCfog o&fX' i^aiptt
Tag Tcov dtaficov ccQ/ccg, ccTt Ttjg i^f^iag fitv rjJi] t6 QonaXov, Ttjg Xaiag Jt
t6 to^ov i/ovar]g, TQvnrjaag tov S-toiJ ttjv yXcJoTTav ccxQav, i^ ixfi-
V r] g iXxofiivovg avTovg inoir^at , xai iniarQanTcti Jf tig Tovg ccyofiivovg
fifit^icov KfXTog 6i Tig nccQtaTcog, . . cfiXoaocfog otfiat tcc ini/coQia, iyco
aoi, fcfr], w '^ivt , Xvaco Trjg yQac/rjg to aiviyfta. . . . t 6 J' X6yov_ r]fitig oi
KtXTol ov/ SgnfQ vfxtig ol 'EXXr]Vtg 'EQfirjv ofofit&a fivai,
aXX' 'H QCixXft ciVTOv tixix ^ofi tv , oTt naQa noXv Tov'EQfiov ia/VQo-
TfQogovTog. ti 6f yiQCov ntnoCr]Tcci , fii] ^ccvficearjg' fiovog yccQ 6 X6-
yog iv yriQCi cfiXfi ivTtXrj ini6tixvva0cct TijV ccxiirjV.. . .SgTS fi tcov cotcov
ix6f6ffiivovg Tovg ccvO-QConovg nQog Tr]V yXoJTTccv 6 yiQCov ov-
Tog 'H QCCxXrj g 6 Xoyog 'iXxti , fir]6f tovto O^ccvficcorjg , fi6(Jog Tr]V cotcov
xa\ yXcoTTr^g avyyivfiav to 6f oXov xa\ uvtov rjfitig tov 'HQCCxXia
X6yq) Tu ndvra, rjyovfif&^cc i§ t Qy ciaaa& cc i aotfov y tv6 fitv ov
xat nti&ol ra TrXtTar « ^idaaadcit. xu\ tu yt ^iXt] kvtov ot X6yoi
tia)v olfiut o^tTg xat tvaTo/ot xcc\ Ta/tTg xa\ Tug rpv/ag TiTQOjaxovTtg. nTt-
Q^tVTcc yovv Tcc tnr] xut vfitTg cfccTt tlvai. ToaccvTu fitv 6 KtXr^g. Ogmius deus
ergo sermonis (EofiTjg = sermo) simul et sapientiae [aoijog ytv6fitvog) , quo
utroque fit victor omnium , ut Hercules. A voce hibern. ogham, oghum, in